Tag Archives: Classic Metal

Los Angeles classic metal throwbacks Holy Grail are back with their latest offering, Times of Pride and Peril, a collection of ten tracks meant to melt the listener’s brain and prove that the band should be in any conversation when it comes to the best in today’s metal. The band’s third album, and follow-up to

Michael Denner and Hank Shermann, the original guitar players of Mercyful Fate’s legendary albums Melissa and Don’t Break the Oath albums, have reunited to bring the metal world another taste of what they can do together with the Satan’s Tomb EP. As you would expect, the album bleeds the classic metal sounds of Mercyful Fate,

It is hard to believe that a band can exist more than four decades and still be doing things for the first time, but with Iron Maiden’s latest opus, The Book of Souls, this marks the British veterans’ first double studio album. More so than just putting out an hour and a half of music,

Classic metal behemoths Venom are almost back with their latest effort, “From the Very Depths.” It kicks ass by the way. The album drops next week on January 27, 2015, but why wait to hear it? Check out the new track, Grinding Teeth, below. From the Very Depths Tracklisting 1. Eruptus 2. From the Very

French classic metal veterans Lonewolf have been around for more than twenty years and there is something to be said for consistency. As with most classic metal bands, it is hard to hate on their music because it is the basics of metal. It is hard to go wrong given that you have a solid

According to The Sydney Morning Herald, AC/DC co-founder, guitarist and songwriter Malcolm Young, whose retirement from the band was announced on Wednesday, has been moved into full-time care in a nursing home facility in Sydney’s eastern suburbs specializing in dementia, citing sources connected to the Young family. The Young family connection said: “If you were

Classic metal act Metal Church have announced that vocalist Ronny Munroe has left the band to “pursue other interests.” This comes after his work on four albums and a decade with the band. Let’s face it. The albums have been less than memorable through no fault of his own. Metal Church was a solid metal

German classic metal legends Accept were one of the few classic bands that were truly worthy of a resurrection, so it was nice to see the metal giants back in action with new vocalist Mark Tornillo in place of Udo Dirkschneider five years ago. Since their reformation, they have done nothing but kick ass with

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is the home to the classic metal/thrash metal band Powerlord, which recorded one 30-minute release, “The Awakening,” which Shadow Kingdom Records was nice enough to re-issue. I have to admit that I forgot all about this one for a long time, but I did actually have this cassette back in the 80s.